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TV always opens to the wrong TV Input

Everytime I turn on my TV with the S30 remote, it is tuned to the wrong HDMI input.  When this happens, I try to change the input using the TV Input button on the bottom left of the remote.  Each push of the input button allows me to advance to the correct HDMI input and highlights it, but it doesn'

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HDDVR won't turn on

HDDVR worked ok last night.  This morning DVR will not turn on either via remote or box.  Any suggestions or is it just dead and needs replaced? thank you

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Two Dead Receivers

I run a HD DVR in the living room and an RCA in my bedroom. My bedroom box died with a "searching for satellite" message. Tried a reboot and then it really died... no lights and could not turn it on at all. I had my old spare RCA box so I hooked it up and swapped cards. Got a good channel 100 and no

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R15 Dead Again!!

For the second time in 2 years my R15 DVR died. Both times I had 80 hours of unwatched recordings!! Is there an issue with having 80% of the hard drive used that causes the DVR to fail? I have noticed that both times it was working fine when I went to bed and the next morning it's dead. I'm starting

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Wrong movie title

Friday 30th , 2015 I was watching a very interesting  movie on channel 3126 at 6:30 pm with the wrong title and info. I left the movie recording to watch it later, but somebody in my family stopped the recording and I didn't see the final part. How can I see it again or at least try to find it somew

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Guide is always wrong

Literally only pay for this streaming service for Nashville Predators games. My guide says I have them. But Everytime when I turn to the game you have something else playing. So why is the guide always wrong on certain channels for live sports?

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Fear The Walking Dead

I was trying to continue watching episodes to catch up on the fear of The Walking Dead and it’s not showing up on the app

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Can't find The Walking Dead to record

I recently upgraded to U200 and am excited to see the new season of The Walking Dead on AMC.  But when I search for it to record on my DVR, it is not found.  I've gotten online with the AMC TV website; I can see the new season starts on 13 Oct.  I've tried searching on UVerse.com, but no luck.  I ca

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Mailing list to a dead person

Hi! I have called, 20 times.  My mother is dead and I keep getting mail for her for direct TV.  I hate seeing her name in my mail as it makes me sad.  I so need help!

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3 item turn on/off

is there a way to set up the remote to turn on directTv, TV, Stereo all from the on button.

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dead receiver

I cannot turn on the receiver. There is power to the TV but the box will not turn on. The problem is not in the remote. Do I need a different receiver or is there a way to trouble shoot it? Thank you. Susan

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DVR compleyely dead

Does not turn on now. Needs replacing.

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DEAD R22?

After a power outage this AM my R22 refused to start -- it would simply get stuck at "Checking Satellite Settings, Step 1 of 2" Forever. I pulled the satellite feed cables, no change, and swapped the cables -- no change.   So I did the hold down-arrow & record restart as a last ditch -

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Receiver won't turn on

I was watching TV fine before I left for work, and when I came home, my receiver was off and wouldn't turn back on.I pulled out my TV and receiver and made sure everything was plugged in, and it was. I unplugged it, and plugged it back in and when it's plugged in it makes a whirring noise (like a fa

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dead receiver?

My R22 receiver was working fine up until 2 days ago. Our power went out and was out for about an hour. when it turned back on i could not get my receiver to turn back on? Is there some way to fix this or is my receiver dead?

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two dead receivers

Both my Direct TV receivers have gone dead two days ago. Neither has any power to it at all, they are both plugged in as before and the tvs they are associated with still have power, so it's not that. But both receivers are stone dead, no lights or anything. The bill pays automatically and I checked

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HR24-200 doesn't turn on

I have had this problem 3 times now. My DVR receiver sometimes doesn't turn on using the remote control. This happens intermittently but 3 times within the last week. the only way to turn on the receiver would be pressing the red RESET button on the receiver itself. The receiver then goes through th

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Gemini Air only showing in upper left of TV screen

I use the Directv Gemini Air tool and it's only showing tv programming in the upper left quadrant. The menu/guide/list appears in normal screen mode but when I turn on live TV or a recording only the upper left corner of the screen appears. I've unplugged it and waited 15 second, plugged it back in,

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Wrong channels

We have been having a reoccurring problem of the wrong programs showing on the wrong channel. For example, 231 which is food network will show what is programmed on the weather channel. We have gone through all recommended steps of trouble shooting. We have called a couple of time. This week we

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